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Neuer Weg ('New Path') was a German language daily newspaper published from Bucharest, Romania. [1] [2] It was the country's main German-language newspaper under the communist regime. [3] The first issue of the newspaper was published on 13 March 1949. [4] [5] Initially Neuer Weg carried the subtitle "Organ of the Antifascist Committee of German Toilers in Romania" (Organ des Antifaschistischen Komitees der deutschen Werktätigen in Rumänien). [3] The Anti-Fascist Committee had been founded in March 1949, by a group of German members of the Romanian Workers' Party, following a decision of the Party Central Committee in December 1948. [4] [6] At this point the initial post-Second World War wave of discriminations against ethnic Germans had subdued. [3] Neuer Weg was the first German-language press organ addressing a nationwide audience in Romania. [4]

Ernst Breitenstein was the founding editor-in-chief of Neuer Weg, serving in that function until 1954. [6] [7] In 1953 the subtitle was changed to "Organ of the People's Council of the Romanian People's Republic" (Organ der Volksräte der Rumänischen Volksrepublik). [3] In 1954 Breitenstein was replaced by Anton Breitenhofer as editor-in-chief. [6] In 1969 Neuen Weg started a book publishing company. [1]

Between 1968 and 1973 the subtitle of the newspaper was "Political Daily Newspaper in the Socialist Republic of Romania" (Politische Tageszeitung in der Sozialistischen Republik Rumänien). [6] Between 1973 and 1989 the subtitle was to "Daily Newspaper of the National Council of the Socialist Unity Front" (Tageszeitung des Landesrates der Front der Sozialistischen Einheit). [3] [6]

As of the mid-1970s, Neuer Weg was published daily except on Mondays. [1] In February 1970 Breitenstein was named Assistant Editor-in-Chief. Hugo Hausl was named Assistant Editor-in-Chief and Ioan Frank Secretary General of the publication in November 1972. [8] In November 1976 Breitenstein returned as editor-in-chief, serving in that function until 1989. [1] [7] [9] Hausl continued as Assistant Editor-in-Chief whilst Frank's tenure ended in December 1978. [9] As of the early 1980s, it was estimated to have a daily circulation of around 70,000. [10]

In 1992 Neuer Weg was closed down. It was replaced by Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung für Rumänien . [11]

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  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Annett Müller; Arbeitskreis für Siebenbürgische Landeskunde (2002). Abschied in Raten: vom Neuen Weg zur Allgemeinen Deutschen Zeitung für Rumänien : der Wandel der Zeitung nach der massenhaften Auswanderung der Deutschen aus Romänien. Hora. pp. 74–75. ISBN   978-3-929848-23-6.
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  9. 1 2 Directory of Officials of the Socialist Republic of Romania. Central Intelligence Agency. 1982. p. 136.
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